Question

Take another look at the population pyramid for France in 1950. Notice the disparity between the male and female populations in the 55 to 70 year-old age group. What historical event could account for this disparity?

Answer 1

The war of 1914-1918 (WWI) resulted, in France by a loss of approximately 2,850,000 inhabitants including 1,350,000 deaths of soldiers.

Those soldiers in 1914 were over 20 years old and would have been over 55 in 1950; this explains the disparity between the male and female population in 55 to 70 years old age in France in 1950.

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